Re: ANSI string from UNICODE app.
Yes, VS2005 is using a little template hackery to exclude pointers and turn
their use into a compile-time error. It's a neat variation on the usual
method of defining a function template that returns the size:
I know, I have looked to see how they did it.
My thing was this:
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#ifdef __cplusplus
#include <assert.h>
template <typename T> struct IsPointer {
inline size_t operator()() { return false; };
};
template <typename T> struct IsPointer<T*> {
inline size_t operator()() { return true; };
};
template <typename T>
inline size_t COUNTOF( const T &t ) {
assert ( !IsPointer<T>()() );
return sizeof(t)/sizeof(t[0]);
}
#else // __cplusplus
#define COUNTOF(a) (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))
#endif // __cplusplus
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